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1 1 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
1 2 the State of Iowa is proposed:
1 3 1. Section 3 of Article III of the Constitution of the
1 4 State of Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu
1 5 thereof:
1 6 REPRESENTATIVES. Sec. 3. The members of the House of
1 7 Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors of
1 8 their respective districts, and their term of office shall
1 9 commence on the first day of January following their election
1 10 which is not a Sunday or legal holiday, and continue four
1 11 years, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
1 12 Representatives shall be classified by statute so that as
1 13 nearly as possible one-half of the members of the House of
1 14 Representatives shall be elected every two years. The state
1 15 shall be divided into senatorial and representative districts
1 16 so that each senate district is composed of two house of
1 17 representatives districts. The election for a senate district
1 18 shall not be held in the same year as the election for the two
1 19 house of representatives districts composing the senate
1 20 district.
1 21 The General Assembly shall make such changes in the law
1 22 governing the time of election and terms of office of
1 23 Representatives as shall be necessary to make the time of
1 24 their election and terms of office conform to this section.
1 25 2. Section 35 of Article III of the Constitution of the
1 26 State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 4 of the
1 27 Amendments of 1868, amendment number 2 of the Amendments of
1 28 1904, and amendment number 3 of the Amendments of 1968, is
1 29 repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
1 30 SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES – NUMBER AND DISTRICTS. Sec.
1 31 35. The General Assembly shall in each year immediately
1 32 following the United States decennial census determine the
1 33 number of Senators and Representatives to be elected to the
1 34 General Assembly and establish senatorial and representative
1 35 districts. The General Assembly shall complete the
2 1 apportionment prior to September 1 of the year so required.
2 2 If the apportionment fails to become law prior to September 15
2 3 of such year, the Supreme Court shall cause the State to be
2 4 apportioned into senatorial and representative districts to
2 5 comply with the requirements of the Constitution prior to
2 6 December 31 of such year. The reapportioning authority shall,
2 7 where necessary in establishing senatorial and representative
2 8 districts, shorten the term of any Senator or Representative
2 9 prior to completion of the term. Any Senator or
2 10 Representative whose term is so terminated shall not be
2 11 compensated for the uncompleted part of the term.
2 12 Sec. 2. REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION. The foregoing proposed
2 13 amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred
2 14 to the General Assembly to be chosen at the next general
2 15 election for members of the General Assembly and the Secretary
2 16 of State is directed to cause it to be published for three
2 17 consecutive months previous to the date of that election as
2 18 provided by law.
2 19 EXPLANATION
2 20 This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
2 21 Constitution of the State of Iowa to change the term of office
2 22 for members of the Iowa house of representatives from two
2 23 years to four years. The amendment also provides that each
2 24 senatorial district shall be made up of two house of
2 25 representatives districts and the election for the two house
2 26 districts shall not be held in the same year as the election
2 27 for the senate district.
2 28 The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next
2 29 general assembly before being submitted to the electorate for
2 30 ratification.
2 31 LSB 2721HH 80
2 32 sc/pj/5
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